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Enbridge’s employee-powered United Way campaigns raise US$7.2 million in 2017

Enbridge’s employee-powered United Way campaigns raise US$7.2 million in 2017

Published: January 10, 2018

Regional efforts across North America show creativity, energy and generosity of spirit

Upping the ante. Stuffing backpacks. Avoiding the yips. Letting fly with a pie. Classic gridiron tailgating. And yes, even pulling an airplane.

They’re all ways that Enbridge’s workforce raised money for United Way chapters across North America in 2017.

Drawing on a workforce of about 15,400 spread across the United States and Canada, Enbridge employees and contractors again showed compassion, creativity and energy in leading successful United Way volunteer campaigns far and wide.

The final 2017 result—with totals rolling in from Houston to Hamilton, from Edmonton to Escanaba, from Chatham to Calgary to Cushing—is US$7.2 million (more than C$9 million), including special events, employee donations, and corporate matching.

“The events and the faces may change from year to year, but I find the generosity of spirit that permeates our United Way volunteer campaigns to be truly—and consistently—remarkable,” says Roxanna Benoit, Enbridge’s Vice President of Public Affairs and Communications.

Regardless of the town or city, United Way chapters work to:

eliminate poverty and help meet the needs of our society’s most vulnerable people;

give children and youth the support they need for a good start in life; and